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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Howdy! I managed to eek out some sewing time and put together the two Boo quilt tops for the Boos and Ghouls mini Quilt-a-Long over at Bryan House Quilts.

These went together so quickly...and I'm a novice quilter! So go gather your black, gray and white scraps and make some cute ghosts! (Or, if you're just beginning like me, go raid the 6" square basket at your local quilt store, lol!)Hopefully, I'll get some time tomorrow to go pick out some backing fabric for these cuties...and have them up on my wall for at least part of October!Thanks for stopping by,MeredithP.S. ~ I'm linking this post to the Scraptastic Tuesday Linky hosted by Mrs Sew and Sow and She Can Quilt. Come join in on the fun!

Friday, September 26, 2014

Oh goodness...this little pattern is so cute! I'm loving how these mini quilts are coming together! I've got the ghoul top stitched...and over the next few days hope to have time to put together the boos, I can hardly wait!

If you'd like to make your own, you can find all the information over at Bryan House Quilts...have fun!Thanks for stopping by,Meredith

Saturday, September 13, 2014

I'm making progress on the quilt-a-long that is being hosted at Bryan House Quilts...Monday the cutting instructions were posted.I spent a fun half hour or so at my local quilt shop sorting through their 6" scrap bin, pulling out all the black, gray and white scraps that I could find...at 7 for $1, it's hard to get too much! Then last night I started cutting away...and now...

The cutting is done! Two Boos and one Ghoul, in pieces! I'm ready for next Monday when the stitching begins!Meredith

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Well, hello!I've been keeping busy with lots of things, one of which is a new skill I'm learning, quilting! I just finished a class at my local quilt shop, and have a completed project, yeah!As I was looking around for my next project, I came across an invitation for a Quilt-a-long with Bryan House Quilts to make these adorable ghost mini-quilts!

How cute are they? I plan to make two boy ghosts and one girl, representing my children. Then, as they move on, they can have a cute decoration for Halloween of their own...if I can give them up, that is!I look forward to practicing my newfound skills, and ending up with cute decor!Meredith

Monday, May 12, 2014

I'm breaking away from my normal paper crafts this month...and putting my Silhouette cutter to use on a different medium ~ t-shirts!It is most definitely spring here the southwest, well into it, in fact...and that means that its time to break out the tees! I don't know about you, but I get a little bored with wearing the same ones over and over, so I decided to do a little makeover on the plain tees that I'm used to wearing.I purchased new ones for these projects - but you could just as easily treat some much-loved tees that are already in your closet to the same designs!First, I cut some freezer paper with the design that I wanted to use, this one from the Silhouette store, and ironed it on to my t-shirt. There are some great instructions for cutting and using the freezer paper here. I then used a spray paint for fabric to spray over the stencils going over the fabric much heavier toward the bottom of the shirt and fading to almost no color at the top...I was going for the ombre look.This is what it looked like right after I finished spraying, before I removed the freezer paper stencils...

And this is after the stencils were removed...perfect!

I have to wait one more day for it to dry according to the instructions on the paint...but I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out!Then, I cut some htv (heat transfer vinyl) in the same design and ironed them on. This is a pretty straitforward tutorial on using heat transfer vinyl. My hint...make sure you purchase Easyweed htv...do you see all those little parts that needed weeded from my design? With the easyweed, I didn't even use a hook tool, I simply bent the backing/transfer side and the edge popped right up for me to grab hold and pull!Here's the finished shirt with that method...

Meh...I could have placed the designs a bit better, but pretty good!Third, I cut some contact paper with the same design, but this time I placed the designs on the shirt...

And then sprayed the shirt with diluted bleach from a spray bottle. The process was fine...the result...

Not really what I was going for! Oh well...it's still a good shirt...and I'll experiment with another color of fabric paint a little later to see if I can get a design on the shirt.Bonus: I liked the floral design so much, that I used it on a mug that I etched for my mil as her Mother's Day gift! On her last visit she caught sight of a mug that I had experimented with glass etching on...simply putting my first initial on one side. She hinted strongly that it would make a good gift for her, as we share the same initial. :) I decided that I could do one better, and make her her own mug.

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the online world! For more flower inspiration and projects, be sure to visit the links below!MeredithMy Silhouette Challenge buddies and I are all sharing projects on our blogs today, so peruse the projects below for a wealth of Silhouette inspiration!

Monday, April 14, 2014

"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;" ~ Song of Solomon 2:12I'm keeping it simple this month...my project is the first of what I intend to be several to decorate my space...but I only had time to make the one before I had to pack up my craft room to move to a new house!

I used this design from the Silhouette store, and cut it out at about 8 inches. I live in the southwest, and love, love, love the work of Georgia O'Keefe, and how her super large flowers look fabulous. I assembled the flower according to the designer's instructions and glued it onto a 12" canvas that I had painted with a bright turquoise...that's it!

The plan is to make about six and hang them on the upper cabinet that faces the breakfast room...so that I can have spring year-round! I'll spare you the picture of the lonely panel on the expanse of cupboard!

Want to Check Out More Silhouette Projects?

If you're in the mood to celebrate spring, I invite you to take some time to visit my friends in the Silhouette Challenge group who are all using their Silhouette machines to celebrate spring in some way!